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Show LITERATURE ABSTRACTS 221 Aneurysm Causing Third Nerve Palsy in a 15Year- Old Boy. Pollard ZF. Arch Ophthalmol 1988; 106: 1647- 8 ( Dec). [ Reprint requests to Dr. Z. F. Pollard, 960 Johnson Ferry Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30342.] Dr. Pollard reports a IS- year- old boy with headache and a complete third nerve palsy, pupil involved, who had an aneurysm of the anterior choroidal artery that was not seen on computerized tomography. Lyn A. Sedwick, M. D. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Retrobulbar Changes in Optic Nerve Position with Eye Movement. Smiddy WE, Michels RG, Kumar AJ. Am J Ophthalmol 1989; 107: 82- 3 Gan). [ Inquiries to Dr. R. Michels, Wilmer Eye Institute, Maumenee 127, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205.] This article presents magnetic resonance scan evidence that the optic nerve moves laterally when the eye is looking up and in. The authors contend that retrobulbar injection is probably safer with the eye in primary position. Lyn A. Sedwick, M. D. Ocular Myasthenia Gravis Associated with Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Iwasaki Y, Kinoshita M. Am JOphthalmol 1989; 107: 90- 1 ( Jan). [ Inquiries to Dr. Y. Iwasaki, The Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Hospital, 2- 17- 6 Ohashi Meguro- ku, Tokyo 153, Japan.] The authors report a single case with all of the diseases noted in the title. Lyn A. Sedwick, M. D. Contralateral Trochlear Nerve Paresis and Ipsilateral Horner's Syndrome. Guy J, Day AL, Mickle JP, Schatz NJ. Am JOphthalmol 1989; 107: 73- 6 Gan). [ Reprint requests to Dr. J. Guy, Neuro- ophthalmology Service, JHMHC Box J- 284, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610.] Two patients with new- onset Horner's syndrome and contralateral trochlear nerve paresis are presented, both of whom had an upper brainstem mass in the vicinity of the trochlear nucleus. The only other reported case is apparently that reported by Coppeto in 1983. Lyn A. Sedwick, M. D. I Clin Neuro- ophthalmol. Vol. 9, No. 3, 1989 |
